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Chapter 41 - Escape in the chaos

North Dragon South Eagle, this was referring to the two famous heroes in the martial arts world. The Southern Hawk was Ceng Guoquan's personal bodyguard, Old Hawk. He had studied under Nan Shaolin, and his Eagle Claw Skill and Qing Gong were the best in the martial arts world. But at the time when Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was making the most ruckus, he went down the mountain to the Heavenly Kingdom Army, hoping to rely on his skills in exchange for wealth and glory.

It was a pity that the times had changed, although martial arts still had a market in the late Qing, it was still the apocalypse. After the white smoke from Qing Jun raising his gun and shooting, the eagle was buried under the pile of corpses. After the eagle recovered from its injuries, it thought for a while and suddenly realized that in this era, martial arts could only shine in certain environments.

For example, high ranking guards, assassins, spies … These jobs required a variety of complex environments in order to be the final destination of the wulin people. After that, the eagle pledged its allegiance to the Zigzag Camp, and after two or three investigations, it received the favor of Jiu Shuai. In the end, it was even promoted to the position of his personal bodyguard.

Furthermore, Xiang Shaolong's experience was even more legendary. This young man, who was not even thirty years old yet, had displayed the talent in martial arts at such a young age. The clan gave its all to have Xiang Shaolong pay respect to a master teacher, and even learned art at Wu Dang Mountain for three years.

When he went down the mountain at the age of 25, in just three years, he had earned the fame of Dragon Lord in the north. Xiang Shaolong was originally a member of the Yanqing Xiang Jia Village, and was said to be a descendant of the Chu Country's aristocrat, Xiang Yu. Of course, Chinese people had always had the desire to become famous, and after what happened a few thousand years ago, no one knew if it was true or false.

But when the name of the North Dragon spread and the Xiang Jia Village started to get rich, this seemingly laughable rumor started to become true. Until ten days ago, when a stranger came to find him based on his reputation as the Dragon Lord. Furthermore, he said with certainty that as long as he completed one task, the Xiang Jia Village would be guaranteed to join Xiang Yu's clan.

Dragon Lord was already shocked at that moment, he did not dare believe his own ears, but when the person mentioned a person's name by his ear, Xiang Shaolong dispelled all of his suspicions and immediately left the mountain.

For the ancients, it didn't matter if he was a merchant, or a bandit, or a wealthy man at the peak of the Green Forest. As long as he met an opportunity to bring glory to his family and even enter the ranks of scholars, they would all go crazy.

Fan Ru was like this, Xiang Shaolong was the same, everything was of low quality, only that the thought of reading high school had already been brainwashed for a thousand years and was engraved into the bone marrow of the Chinese people. For the sake of his family's reputation, Xiang Shaolong directly rushed down the mountain towards Xiao Letian without paying a single cent. He even went so far as to run across the mountain to Taibai Top to check his background.

"Alright then, you two scum who colluded with the long-haired guy, writing an evil scripture for foreigners to bewitch the clean people, this crime is enough for me to die. I will kill Xiao Letian, this is avenging the heavens …"

Xiang Shaolong did not have any burdens in his heart when he killed Xiao Letian. In the hearts of people who were taught by the Confucian traditions, with their identity as scumbags, writing the Evil Scripture of the foreigners, and even colluding with the rebels, there was no justice in not killing them.

However, what he found inconceivable was that after he successfully kidnapped the man and woman, he seemed to have punctured a hornet's nest. Inconceivable things happened one after another.

Xiang Shaolong never thought that right after he brought his disciples out of the Beijing, not even ten miles away, he would already be marked by people. Originally, Xiang Shaolong wanted to use his status as Dragon Lord to deal with these small fries, but he did not expect these people to not give him any face and make a move on him.

Along the way, Xiang Shaolong had broken through four of the traps set up by the martial artists. In the end, he even found the checkpoints set up by the Shuntian Palace s. This time, Xiang Shaolong was a little hesitant. He finally understood, this mission was not that easy to complete, Xiao Letian was just a hot potato to burn.

Actually, the fight that Xiao Letian saw when he woke up was already coming to an end after Xiang Shaolong broke through the six lines of defense.

Initially, Dragon Lord thought that entering the mountain would be safe, but he never thought that the Old Eagle, who looked like the Bone Corrosion Poison, would chase after him and take care of his last two disciples. Right now, there was only a disciple in the thatched cottage who was guarding the hostage, and he had already been entangled by the Old Eagle.

To be honest, Dragon Lord and the Old Eagle's skills were about the same, Old Eagle's Qing Gong was a little stronger, and Xiang Shaolong was well-versed in Wu Dang inner force skills, which in itself was about the same. Once the two of them started fighting, it wouldn't take more than two hours before victory would be decided.

Right now, in the thatched cottage, there was only the little disciple with a wooden stick who was holding onto the water. He looked at the hostages, then at the battle outside, at a loss of what to do. To be honest, the battle between two experts was too exciting. They even brought out afterimages, and the sounds of wind and thunder could be heard from between their fists and feet.

The youngest disciple was only 17 or 18 years old, and his curiosity was high. How could the battle between the Southern Hawks not attract him? The time he paid attention to both sides was the same, but gradually, the youngsters were attracted by the amazing battle outside the door.

Just as he was in a daze, a figure suddenly pounced towards him like a tiger, followed by a painful scream from his wrist. The wooden stick fell to the ground.

"Damn, Hu Niu!" Xiao Letian never thought that Hu Niu would be so wild, he actually took the opportunity to sneak an attack on his enemies when they were unprepared. And he had used his ultimate move the moment he opened his mouth. Xiao Letian did not dare to be negligent, he rushed forward and grabbed his hard wooden stick, and then swung it at the back of his disciple's head.

A muffled sound rang out. The little disciple rolled his eyes and fainted at that moment. "Amazing! So the wooden stick is actually so easy to use …" At this time, Hu Niu could not care about anything else, he pushed open the back door and said, "Let's go, let's go quickly …" With that, he grabbed Xiao Letian's hand and dove into the darkness.

"No …" "Don't go through the back door, that's a ravine …" Xiang Shaolong subconsciously yelled out, but what returned were the miserable cries of Xiao Letian and Hu Niu.

At this time, the eagle finally caught onto an opening, and its claw smashed into Xiang Shaolong's ribs like lightning. This move was truly ruthless enough to break two of his ribs at that time. "AHH!" "Powerful …" Xiang Shaolong flicked his leg and shot straight towards the eagle's chest. Just as the eagle was dodging, Xiang Shaolong actually took out the Gun s that had captured Xiao Letian.

Colt's revolver was very simple to operate. Two crisp sounds of gunfire echoed back and forth in the valley.

"En!" The hawk covered his shoulder, blocked the blood and turned around, and started retreating. "Dragon Lord is really powerful, you even used Gun? Mr. Xiao walked down the valley, your subordinates have already come to save you … " With that, he disappeared into the darkness.

At this time, Xiao Letian and Hu Niu had already been knocked unconscious. Fortunately, this was a gentle slope and not a cliff, even though the impact had broken their foreheads, they were not fatally injured.

"Hu Niu, where are you? "You have nothing better to do …"

"I'm here, I'm right next to you …"

The two of them held each other in the dark, there was simply no way to tell where to go. But Xiao Letian knew that the terrain here was pretty low, so as long as they walked towards the lowland area, they would definitely be able to leave the mountain.

In Xiao Letian's embrace, there had always been a flame ball with a wax seal on the head of yellow phosphorus. This was Xiao Letian's special life-saving signal bomb, luckily it wasn't taken away by Xiang Shaolong. As long as Xiao Letian could get close to the rescue team, he could definitely escape with his signal flare.

The two of them probed the dark night with light footsteps, and Xiang Shaolong's shout came from above their heads: "Don't go any further, there better be a cliff …" Xiao Letian thought, even if there was a cliff, it would be better than dying in your hands.

Damn it, when I go back, I will ask Shi Dakai to spread the Hero Invitation. Since I have money, I will have to hire a few true experts even if I have to pay a high price.

Just as Xiao Letian was sprinting, he finally received support from his disciples. More than fifty Xiang Clan disciples rushed into the hut and saw Dragon Lord sweating profusely from the pain.

"Dragon Lord! Who hurt you? "We'll fight him to the death …" A group of disciples surrounded Xiang Shaolong, under the light of the torches, Xiang Shaolong's face was exceptionally pale.

"I'm fine. I didn't break a bone, so it probably cracked. The eagle sneaked an attack on me." However, don't worry, his injuries are much heavier than mine … "Right now, all the troops were split into two groups. One road is down the valley to search for Xiao Letian, the other road is to block the mountain entrance to intercept and assist the reinforcements …"

"Master, should we just kill him when we see him?" Xiang Shaolong obviously hesitated for a while, but then he shook his head and said, "Let's capture him alive. I'm very curious about this person …"

Before he could finish speaking, the sound of intense footsteps came from outside the thatched cottage, followed by a loud voice. "musket team … Ammunition... "Launch..." With the sound of thunder exploding on the ground, the wooden door of the small courtyard was struck so hard by the iron sand seed that loud bangs could be heard.

"Brothers, load the ammunition. We are soldiers that were trained by the Mr. Xiao. Even if we lose our lives today, we have to rescue Mister … "Fire!" Another barrage of bullets rushed into the small courtyard. This time, all of the disciples were so scared that they fell to the ground. They had never seen a true firearm shot at the same time.

It was none other than the ten Musketeers s that Xiao Letian had personally trained in. When they heard that the Mr. Xiao was in danger, they automatically gathered around Xiao Hexin and the others, insisting on participating in the chase.

The person who shouted the most was Luo Huo, the one who had received the most whips from Xiao Letian. He was already the core member of the ten-man team, and under the instruction of the shopkeeper, the ten shop assistants had already given up on business.

The last time was Mountain Temple. This time was a straw house, and deep in the mountains, it had become the best military arena for the musket team. If the eagles were here, he would definitely be stunned, because these ten Musketeers had displayed a quality that was even better than that of the Veterans of the Hundred Wars s.

Faster loading speed, faster firing speed, and better mental fortitude. It was impossible for ten guns to suppress fifty melee experts without a strict shooting discipline.

At that moment, Luo Huo and the others should really have thanked Xiao Letian for his whip.

Xiang Shaolong had already given up all hope. It was not that he had never seen the Eight Flag Firearm Battalion shoot bird guns before, but he had never seen a musketeers who dared to close the distance between ten steps and fire at such a high frequency.

Dragon Lord endured the pain and wanted to rush to the side to use his own effort to disrupt the enemy's formation, but when he saw more figures rushing over from the darkness, he completely gave up.

"Disperse and defile into the valley. Don't go head to head with them …"